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Automating your visitor count, achieving 98% people counting accuracy

Automating your visitor count, achieving 98% people counting accuracy

Manually counting people in and out is an inefficient way to collect numbers of visitors, in addition to this, many venues are having to hire additional staff members

7 December 2020
The role of mobile wayfinding apps on College Campuses

The role of mobile wayfinding apps on College Campuses

What is Campus Wayfinding Campus wayfinding is a system designed to help users navigate campus environments. It's a solution for students, faculty, and visitors

3 August 2020
Purple and Aruba collaborate to enhance Aruba Instant On offering

Purple and Aruba collaborate to enhance Aruba Instant On offering

Purple is excited to further its partnership with Aruba, with support for Aruba Instant On.  Designed with small businesses in mind, Aruba Instant On is as

18 June 2020
The History of Wayfinding

The History of Wayfinding

Find out how it all started, what solutions are currently revolutionising physical spaces, and what to prepare for in the future.  Wayfinding, albeit in it

11 March 2020
How big data is being used to boost sales and marketing

How big data is being used to boost sales and marketing

Many businesses make decisions on the fly from their gut, but there's a point where a company has to use big data to drive their decision-making.

13 February 2020
How wayfinding technology could reduce average waiting times and wasted spend in the NHS

How wayfinding technology could reduce average waiting times and wasted spend in the NHS

Hospitals are notoriously difficult to navigate around, all corridors seem near-identical, every door leads to somewhere you're sure you've just been 3 minutes

24 January 2020
5 ways to better engage with your customers

5 ways to better engage with your customers

As a business owner, professional or marketer, you understand the importance of engaging with your target audience. Connecting with customers has always been

21 January 2020
Purple WiFi secure services of former BT Chief Executive, Gavin Patterson

Purple WiFi secure services of former BT Chief Executive, Gavin Patterson

Purple WiFi is excited to announce the former Chief Executive of BT, Gavin Patterson, will be joining the company as a non-exec Director in an exciting time of

4 December 2019
What is Cached Data?

What is Cached Data?

Cached data, you've definitely heard about it, but do you know what it is?  In a world where we are constantly surrounded by technology in one way or another

28 November 2019
Wayfinding Technology - What is it?

Wayfinding Technology - What is it?

Wayfinding is defined as information that assists with guiding people in a physical environment or enhancing their experience within it, you know the signs they

12 November 2019
Automatic provisioning with Meraki is now live within the Purple Portal

Automatic provisioning with Meraki is now live within the Purple Portal

We work with a number of enterprise-sized businesses pan-India and across the world, many of which have thousands of access points across multiple locations.

10 September 2019
Purple, Cisco and AT&T provide guest WiFi and analytics to Hudson Yards

Purple, Cisco and AT&T provide guest WiFi and analytics to Hudson Yards

Purple, Cisco and AT&T have partnered with property development company, Related, to bring next generation visitor analytics to their Hudson Yards project

29 July 2019
Domino's partners with Purple and Smarter WiFi

Domino's partners with Purple and Smarter WiFi

Domino's has signed a rolling contract with hospitality guest WiFi and analytics specialists, Smarter WiFi, to install a Purple-powered WiFi solution at 10 of

22 July 2019
Purple training: What's new?

Purple training: What's new?

Here at Purple, we understand that users consume information differently. With this in mind, over the last few months, we have made some significant changes

1 July 2019
Why you should start a company running club

Why you should start a company running club

If you stand around the front of the Purple offices at 5 pm on a Monday, you will notice a gathering of individuals donning their running gear.

9 June 2019
What is WiFi analytics and why is it important for your business?

What is WiFi analytics and why is it important for your business?

Firstly, what is WiFi analytics? WiFi analytics put simply means, to gather customer data through the use of guest WiFi. Guest WiFi is the free WiFi you get in

21 May 2019
Methods of capturing customer data: What is the best way to capture customer data in-store?

Methods of capturing customer data: What is the best way to capture customer data in-store?

In 2005, Google Analytics was born. The software was designed to let an online or e-commerce site learn all about their customers' online journey.

20 May 2019
Getting Personal with Purple's CEO, Gavin Wheeldon

Getting Personal with Purple's CEO, Gavin Wheeldon

I've got to know Gavin really well over the years I've been at Purple. Gavin is happily married with two daughters, aged six and nine. He's a family man, super

15 May 2019